Manhattan Reborn 1978

Stanley's conference room on the fourth floor.

After David waited for Lilith to sit down, he spread his hands and said to everyone with a smile: "Then, I think no one will come again, right? Let's start now!"

Everyone shook their heads and smiled in cooperation.

"Polly, Shirley, after the meeting, you should go back and convey the contents of the meeting to old Malkin and the old tailor. They left a little early."

"Ok!"

"Let's continue what we just said in the meeting."

"Just now we talked about two projects of venture capital, as well as the plans for the next few years of affordable stores, PriceClub, transportation, trading, and service companies."

“I think that’s a bit general, scattered and incomplete.”

"So I went over the plans again."

"I will continue to finish the venture capital projects that I have not finished talking about just now."

David picked up a blank transparent slide and put it on the slide projector.

"The slide projector is a good thing. It can make my narrative more intuitive, and it also makes it easier for everyone to understand, so I will explain it directly."

David picked up the pen and drew a circle on the slide, first wrote Intel in the upper left corner, and then wrote two words in the upper right corner.

"apple!"

"I think everyone should have heard of this company or be familiar with it."

"In April of last year, Apple introduced the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Show."

"In the past year or so, its sales volume has been very good. Because of its appearance, many people have become obsessed with the new trendy personal microcomputer!"

"I can tell you clearly here that the computer industry will develop and prosper and will become the most popular and profitable industry in the next few decades!"

"Since IBM launched a large-scale computer set to assist NASA in calculating rocket operation data, the practical application of computers has completely revolutionized people's understanding of tools for thousands of years."

"And personal microcomputers will gradually enter the daily work of various industries."

"Just like Moore's Law I just said, the computer industry is updating and iterating faster than everyone here can imagine."

"Its importance to the future electronic computer industry market has not yet been taken seriously by large companies such as IBM."

"So, we have to start planning now and join the investment in Apple."

"Pine, Apple is in California. Has Bloomer's family invested in this company?"

Pine thought for a moment: "I remember that the Wharton family has not invested in Apple, but if we want to invest, I believe they will not refuse!"

"After all, we are the most professional and powerful listing consulting firm on Wall Street. As long as Apple wants to be listed on Nasdaq, our help will be much more powerful than an investment!"

Tsk@!

This has strength and confidence, which is really different!

"Okay, I won't care about the contact with them, but you must act faster. I believe that Apple has already had the idea of ​​going public for financing!"

"Okay! I will call Bloomer in the evening and ask him to contact Intel and Apple first. After I have arranged the work here, I will fly to San Francisco to meet and chat with them. .”

David smiled and nodded. Payne, his amazing teammate with outstanding execution ability, is always so awesome!

"Okay, let's move on to the next project."

He wrote two words in the lower right corner of the circle on the slide.

"network!"

"I guess most of the people here are familiar with this term."

"In fact, as early as 1958, the American Telegraph and Telephone Company (AT&T) had launched a commercial modem, which could be used to transmit small amounts of network data between multiple computers through telephone lines."

"The prototype of the network was arpa (Arpanet) used by the Defense Research Projects Agency in 1969 for military connections."

"Later, with the participation of BBN Technology Company in Massachusetts and Cambridge College in Massachusetts, ARPANET connected four major computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University Research Institute, the University of California, and the University of Utah."

"Arpanet, this method of connecting computers to each other, I call it networking."

"Now, our Nasdaq is applying this network communication technology."

"The reason why I proposed this project is that the current network interconnection communication technology is far from meeting the needs of practical computer applications after continuous updates and iterations."

“If there is demand, it means there is a market, and the Internet is a huge market.”

"As I just said about the data science research center, it requires many large computer groups to make databases. If our current network transmission speed is fast enough, we can sit in the office, face Apple computers, and communicate with distant places. People on the Internet communicate and transmit various data information very quickly.”

"Therefore, the demand for networks has stimulated the future development potential of this industry. We need to find suitable R&D companies to invest."

"Whether it is network construction, new product development of modems, or the invention of new network information transmission technologies, we can make forward-looking investments in them!"

"In the future development of the network, it will be the information channel and telephone line connecting every computer. With the widespread popularization of microcomputers, it will enter the work and life of each of us."

"Pine's current layout of Internet-related companies is an excellent early investment. Its income will double every cycle as Moore's Law says."

Both Giles and Pine nodded to express their understanding that the operation of Nasdaq is based on the development of the Internet and computers.

Nasdaq was created by the National Association of Securities Dealers on February 1971, 2, in order to regulate chaotic over-the-counter trading and provide a financing platform for small businesses.

Its full name is: National Association of Securities Exchange Automatic Quotations.

It is the first electronic securities trading institution in the United States and is owned and operated by the Nasdaq Stock Market Corporation.

Nasdaq listed companies cover all high-tech industries, including computers, telecommunications, biotechnology, retail and wholesale trade, etc.

Each security listed on Nasdaq has its own electronic security code. Securities and codes correspond one-to-one. This is mainly to facilitate computer identification and is more convenient to use.

Pine thought for a moment: "Then how should we choose the project companies to invest in? What goals do you have now? For example...?"

As he spoke, he gestured with his hands, waiting for David's answer. .

David thought for a moment and wrote two words in the lower left corner of the circle on the slide.

"software."

"Let me use a fairly appropriate metaphor to explain Pine's problem."

"We can compare the processor produced by Intel to the engine of a car."

"Then Apple is a professional manufacturer that assembles and produces cars."

"They are all hardware facilities that we can see and touch."

"The network is the road this car drives on. This road is still a country road and it only connects a few university research schools."

"Then we drivers of Apple cars equipped with Intel engines are driving on the highway formed by the network. The modem is our steering wheel, and the speed limit sign on the highway is the limit of the current network transmission speed."

David said, pointing at the slide with his pen.

"Software is the facilities in our cars. It can make us more relaxed and convenient when driving, like radios, cigarette lighters, etc."

"Of course, the software can also be a briefcase, glasses, umbrella or car cleaning rag placed on the passenger seat."

"The problem you're talking about, Pine, is how do we find builders to build roads."

"Actually, your thinking got sidetracked, man!"

“Why should we invest in a builder who builds roads?”

“Why can’t we invest in building a village, a town, a city where everyone can travel, work and live?”

"As I said just now, the network is the information channel that connects every large and microcomputer."

"I compared microcomputers to the cars we drive. What about mainframe computers? What should it be compared to?"

David looked at Giles, the king of support.

"A truck? A bus? It's something similar."

"Hehe, almost."

"Every car has its own direction and destination."

"Have you ever thought about where this destination will be?"

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Everyone unconsciously shook their heads at David, expressing their ignorance.

Laura kept her head down and listened to David's story. She raised her head and raised her hands to shout.

"The villages, towns and cities you were talking about!"

"That's right, Laura!"

"We think of the Internet as a replica of the real world."

"We drive Apple cars and drive on the network, similar to the city streets of New York."

"New York is a city on the Internet that may be built in the future under the leadership of the state. It exists to allow everyone to settle, live and work here."

"As I said just now, software can be any item we carry with us in the car."

"Like Mike White, he drove up to Stanley with a handgun on him."

"A handgun is a piece of software, and it's a type of offensive software."

"Mike Bai has a pistol and may have a body armor on him. Then this body armor is a type of defensive software."

"Of course, Mike Bai usually has many personal hobbies. For example, he usually likes to smoke, drink, and occasionally take a couple of puffs of cocaine."

"Hey, Mike Bai, if you have anything else in your pocket, take it out and show it to everyone."

Mike Bai walked up to David with a smile and took out the contents of his pocket: "Lighter, cigarettes, wallet, a small packet of powder, car keys, a few coins, a pistol and some ammunition."

David picked these up one by one and said to everyone: "The future direction of software development is to meet everyone's various needs, like cigarette software, cocaine software, pistol and body armor software."

"There is also our slide projector software, the coffee software in front of everyone, TV, cinema software, etc."

David picked up the wallet and coins and said to Giles: "What kind of existence do you think they will be on the Internet in the future?"

Giles frowned, this question stumped him: "Is it currency issued by banks on the Internet? Or..."

"Okay buddy, it's easy for you."

"I will explain this issue in detail to you when technology reaches that level in the future."

David gestured to Mike Bai to put everything away.

"New York is a city that has been established for hundreds of years.

In terms of the current technological development environment, New York on the Internet today is still what New York was like 1500 years ago. "

"This place is now a barbaric land!"

"Our current strength is not enough to independently build and develop the entire New York City, so we might as well buy and demarcate an area first, name it Manhattan District, and build our own business district, bank, and securities exchange Centres, schools, libraries, hospitals, apartment complexes, bars, supermarkets, shops, parks, hotels, etc.”

“In this way, the development of Manhattan will continue to prosper with the development of time and technology, creating an agglomeration effect.

It will be like a magnet, attracting people on the Internet to travel, settle and live. "

"Similarly, the growth of population also means the growth of business opportunities. Various companies and enterprises that serve people will also enter Manhattan or its surrounding areas and open their own business stores."

"At that time, the country will turn its attention to this area and vigorously support the development of the entire Manhattan area and New York City."

"And the Manhattan area we have developed initially will become the economic, cultural and commercial center of the entire New York City."

"New York City will also become one of the most important cities in the United States due to the continued development of Manhattan."

"What I'm talking about here is New York City, which is a place where people can get a foothold in the future of the Internet."

"I call it the root domain computer server group cluster."

"That is, it carries the foundation of all network development. We can understand it as a plot of land on the network, or a stable and safe development area."

"Pine, our investment in the network is to open up and establish an area on this still wild continent."

“Let everyone come here to develop, live, work and have fun!”

"Of course, with the passage of time and the continuous development of computer technology in the future, this openable area will continue to grow exponentially, and eventually it will become an alternative real online world!"

"If we invest now, we will seize the opportunity for the future development of the online world!"

After David finished speaking, he let out a long breath.

Giles raised his hand when he saw the opportunity and said: "Then the ARPANET you just mentioned connects the computer groups of four universities. In the network world you just mentioned, um... can they be considered a village?"

"No, Giles, they are not even villages. At most, they are just a few hunters who can communicate with each other in the mountains."

Everyone laughed after hearing this metaphor.

Pine had been taking notes just now. He lowered his head and pondered for a while and said: "The root server you mentioned will host a network world in the future, but how should we take the first step now?"

"Also, this root server should be developed and manufactured by a large company with strength and technology like IBM. How can we get it into our own hands?

"Man, this investment will be like us raising a giant beast that swallows gold. We can't complete it just by relying on our own funds, technology, and strength."

“We can definitely find people who are interested in it and invest together!”

"In this way, risks, funds, and benefits can be shared equally among all investors. Our strength does not allow us to build a New York City alone, but we can occupy a small area and develop our own Manhattan district."

"Of course, Manhattan was not built in a day. We can first complete the construction of a small street, open up a small area, designate them with street numbers, and then lease them to enterprises and companies that want to develop here. Individuals.”

"Let them invest their own money to rent our large computer server group and build their own company building."

"In this way, when the first avenue is overcrowded, we will open the second, third and fourth avenues to meet people's needs."

"After all, Rome wasn't built in a day! Wasn't it?"

"By the way, I plan to set up our data science research center on First Avenue and get the street sign No. 001."

Pine smiled and nodded, agreeing.

David went on to write four words in the center of the circle on the slide.

"Internet."

“Its foundation comes from the cyclical growth of processors called Moore’s Law, just like the constantly newly developed car engines.

Apple's new computer products are like the various new models launched by automobile companies.

There is also the development and utilization of network root servers, and the continuous innovation and iteration of software based on hardware development. "

“These investments we are making now are laying out the future network world.”

“All the investments we make now and the opportunities we seize will help us dominate the city in the online world in the future.”

"In the future development of venture capital companies, we need to set up a dedicated computer and network project investment department. For professional training in this department, we can first ask professors from the Computer Science Department of Princeton University, who already have a cooperative relationship, for help."

"In the future, we will also find more partners, such as computer research institutes at Stanford, University of Southern California, Columbia, MIT, Harvard and other universities, to join us in research and investment."

"Of course, there is also Bell Labs, a research institution that plays an important role in the development of modern science and technology."

"The main job of this investment department is to pay attention to, search for, and discover all enterprises, companies, personal inventions, and the birth of the latest network protocols related to the development of the online world."

"Take the advantage, we will start from the source and get in front of everyone!"

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In 1981, the National Science Foundation provided initial funding, and computer scientists from Univ of Delaware, Purdue Univ, Univ of Wisconsin, RAND Corporation, and BBN collaborated to establish CSNET (Computer Science Network), which was also responsible for establishing and managing root servers.

In 1982, DCA and ARPA developed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) for the ARPANET. As a set of protocols, they are often called the TCP/IP protocol.

The Internet is the internet connected through the TCP/IP protocol.

EUUG established EUnet (European Unix Network) and the countries initially connected were the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

In 1983, the University of Wisconsin developed a name server.

ARPANET switches from NCP protocol to TCP/IP protocol.

ARPANET is the earliest Internet (local area network) in the United States.

EARN (European Scientific Research Network) was established.

The Name Server System (DNS) was introduced in 1984.

JUNET (Japanese Unix Network) is established.

In 1985, the responsibility for the management of DNS root domain names originally responsible for DCA and SRI was transferred to USC's Information Science Institute (ISI), which is responsible for the registration management of DNSNIC.

It became the first registered domain name on March 1985, 3.

In 1986NSF established five supercomputing centers in the United States to provide powerful computing capabilities to all users.

This set off an upsurge in Internet connectivity, especially among universities.

NSF-funded SDSCNET, JVNCNET, SURANET, and NYSERNET began operations.

In July 1986, NSF funded a backbone network, NSFNET, to directly connect these centers.

Countries connected to NSFNET in 1988: Canada (CA), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Iceland (IC), Norway (NO), and Sweden (SE).

The era of global Internet has officially begun!

The above are some important nodes in Internet construction.

In the process, Europe established a unified Internet, and Japan also established an Internet.

The United States was the earliest in construction, starting in the 60s, and built so many networks in the 80s, with the best technology.

DNS and TCP/IP protocols were invented in the United States.

In the end, when the world was connected to the Internet, the foundation for American hegemony was laid.

The root server is mainly used to manage the home directory of the Internet. The earliest one is IPv4. There are only 13 in the world (these 13 IPv4 root domain name servers are named "A" to "M"). One is the main root server in the United States, and is operated by the United States Internet. Agency NetworkSolutions operates.

The remaining 12 are auxiliary root servers, 9 of which are in the United States, 2 in Europe (located in the United Kingdom and Sweden), and 1 in Asia (located in Japan).

This is also the reason why these three places (UK, Sweden, Japan) have root servers in the IPV4 era.

China only began to build the Internet on a large scale in 1994, and by this time the root servers had been distributed.

The root server uses the ipv4 protocol and is destined to have only 13 root servers.

then!

Among the four major backbone networks in China.

The earliest one was started in August 1989, the Zhongguancun Education and Scientific Research Demonstration Network (NCFC).

In April 1994, NCFC was directly interconnected with the US NSFNET.

In December 1995, the 12 Internet Project was completed.

In February 1996, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Network was renamed China Science and Technology Network (CSTNET).

In June 1996, a 6KDDN channel was opened with CHINANET to achieve interconnection.

China Public Computer Internet (CHINANET) began preparations in 1994.

Officially opened in January 1996.

The China Education and Research Computer Network (CERNET) pilot network was launched in July 1994, connecting five cities.

In November 1996, the 11M international line from the United States to the United States was opened; the first Internet connection from mainland China to Europe was established.

China Jinqiao Information Network (CHINAGBN) was established on March 1993, 3.

On June 1994, 6, the preliminary construction of Jinqiao was fully launched.

On September 1996, 9, the Internet business of Jinqiao Information Network was officially launched, mainly providing access to dedicated line group users and single-point Internet services for individual users.

2019年11月25日，最后的IPv4地址储备池已完全耗尽，担忧多年的IPv4地址耗尽时刻还是到了。

At the end of June 2015, the "Snowman Project" was led by the China Next Generation Internet Engineering Center and co-founded in conjunction with WIDE (now the international Internet M-root operator) and others.

"Snowman Project" completed the installation of 2016 IPv16 root servers in 25 countries around the world including the United States, Japan, India, Russia, Germany, and France in 6.

其中1台主根和3台辅根部署在中国，事实上形成了13台原有ipv4根服务器，加上25台IPv6根服务器的新格局。

This plan lays a solid foundation for the establishment of a multilateral, democratic, and transparent international Internet governance system.

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There are 4 IPv10 root servers established in the United States, six of which are operated by companies affiliated with various capital companies.